Talmud zu Schemot 14:13

³⁶In slightly different versions this is in Thr. rabba 1(48), 4(23). This is the only Talmudic reference to the great Jewish revolt in Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Cyprus which erupted when Trajanus attacked and temporarily occupied Mesopotamia, the home of the main body of Jews outside the Roman empire. A son was born to him on the Ninth of Ave and they did fast. His daughter died on Ḥanukkah and they lit lights. His wife sent and told him, instead that you conquer the barbarians come and conquer the Jews who revolted against you. He intended to come in ten days and came and found them occupied [in the Torah with the verse:] He will carry against you a people from far away, from the ends of the earth³⁷Deut. 28:49., etc. He asked them, with what were you occupied. They answered him, with such-and-such. He said to them, this man is he since he intended to come in ten days but came in five. He surrounded them by legions and killed them. He said to their wives, if you listen to my legions I shall not kill you. They told him, what you did to those on the ground floor do to those on the gallery³⁸Since the action of Trajanus earlier was characterized as directed against the great synagogue in Alexandria, “those on the ground floor” are the men sitting in the synagogue, whereas the women are “those on the gallery”, probably the roof of the double stoa.. He mixed their blood with their blood and the blood flowed in the sea up to Cyprus. At that moment the horn of Israel was trimmed and will not be restituted until the Son of David will come.

HALAKHAH: ¹⁴⁹Mekhilta dR. Ismael Bešallaḥ(ed. Horovitz-Rabin p. 96); dR. Simeon ben Ioḥai14:13 (ed. Epstein-Melamed p. 56). Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Fragmentary Targum Ex. 14:13. Our forefathers formed four factions on the Sea. One said, let us fall into the Sea. And another said, let us return to Egypt. And another said, let us fight with them. And another said, let us shout against them. To the one who said, let us fall into the Sea, Moses said, stay firm and see the help of the Eternal¹⁵⁰Ex. 14:13., etc. And to the one who said, let us return to Egypt, Moses said, for as you are seeing Egypt today¹⁵⁰Ex. 14:13., etc. And to the one who said, l let us fight with them, Moses said, the Eternal will fight for you¹⁵¹Ex. 14:14.. And to the one who said, let us shout against them, Moses said, and you be silent¹⁵¹Ex. 14:14..